Busy Two Days

After work Saturday night, I left Stennis around 7pm, ran back to my apartment, got caught by nextdoor neighbor Tommy, then left in a dash for home... got there around 10:20pm.

Sunday: Consoling Jan, Sunday school and church, home, a few moments of sitting on the porch, on the way to Butler to visit Uncle Scott, Aunt Susan, Becky and kids (Anna, Sarah, Jonah, Naiah, Ella, and baby Judah). Fun times! My mom brought food. We ate. We all loaded up to go to Calvery Baptist in Butler, heard Uncle Scott preach (always love his messages), back to the Harrell house for a little while before leaving. My mom dropped me off at Walmart in Meridian to grab oil, and we got home around 9:30ish.

Monday: Whew. The busy day.

• DeKalb around 9am.
• Drive my dad to NAPA to get oil filter.
• Back to Cuba Timber so he can change my oil.
• Try really, really hard not to lose it in his face after he gripes constantly about everything.
• Drive dad to Richard Hall's Garage... check A/C, add freon, check transmission fluid... good.
• Back to Cuba Timber. Hang out a while.
• To the Kemper County Messenger to see my mom, get a grocery list. Wait on Jan. Leave.
• Meridian... call Grandma on the way to talk since I won't have time to see her.
• Lauderdale County Health Clinic for nearly an hour... Yellow Fever and 2nd round of Hep A/B.   Shots = done!
• Leave LCHD. Dad calls. Freaks out. "Severe weather!" Radio says severe tstorm warnings. Ok...
• Walmart: Grocery shop. Wearing a white shirt and no rain coat... not so hot. I hurry to get back to the car before the rain. Success!
• Dad calls. Freaks out. "Line's coming. You're a fool if you drive in this stuff."
• Really want to pour my little (disrespectful) heart out into his ear. Shut up. Park at Lifeway. Really want to go in to "wait out the storm." Decide not to... don't need to spend money. Sit in car for nearly 20 minutes. Rain lets up. I'm gone!
• No rain all the way back to DeKalb.....
• Home. No Jan. No Mama. Put up groceries. Check the internet. Watch the weather. Read a little in Romans.
• Mom's home. She cooks. I help make cole slaw...the real stuff. Mmm.
• We get done JUST in time for the Bachelor.
• The Bachelor. Fish. Cole slaw. Beans.  And since Jan had been "broken up" with and the Bachelor was about to break up with someone, I bought ice cream.
• Favorite quote of the night: "Oooo. We should have break-ups more often." - My mom, in response to amazing Bluebell Tin Roof ice cream. I laughed then cut eyes at her. Her response, "Hmm. Maybe not."
• Jan... finally.... comes home. Just in time for the finale.
• After the Rose show, and Fred calls... short convo.
• Bed.

Tuesday: Not quite as busy, but tiresome.

• Slow morning.
• DeKalb by 11am. Tires rotated. Saw "little" Justin Payne... a super cute boy that used to crush on Jan and I when we taught music at VBS. He's a senior this year... weird. He recognized me. We briefly talked. He's still that sweet little boy I remembered... cool.
• Cuba Timber for 2 hours. Brought the men chocolate milk and Zero bars.
• My mom and I split lunch from Kozy Kitchen... good, Southern cooking with twangy tea. Mmm. I spent the next 2 hours at work with her, talking, facebooking, showing her videos (she didn't have anything to do).
• Back to Cuba. Hug Dad goodbye.
• Home. Went straight next door to see Granmommie/Hummy.
• Home. Want to run with Jan, but it's FREEZING. Uh uh. No can do.
• Dinner. Sat around and talked.
• Fred called.
• Everyone else pretty much in bed. I'm tired. To bed I go.

Hated leaving home today. I always do. Despite the fact that got a lot done and attempted to do 'damage control' unsuccessfully at home, it's home. Miss it. The end.